Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete adultery

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

spouse +‎ breach

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word spousebreach.

Examples

  • He rooted in the sand, dabbling, delving and stopped to listen to the air, scraped up the sand again with a fury of his claws, soon ceasing, a pard, a panther, got in spousebreach, vulturing the dead.

    Ulysses 2003

  • He rooted in the sand, dabbling, delving and stopped to listen to the air, scraped up the sand again with a fury of his claws, soon ceasing, a pard, a panther, got in spousebreach, vulturing the dead.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.